Modeling of fishbone-type carbon nanofibers with cone-helix structures

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4359-4372

  Cheng, Hong Ye ^a   Zhu, Yi An ^a   Sui, Zhi Jun ^a   Zhou, Xing Gui ^a   Chen, De ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APEX ANGLES; CONE-HELIX MODELS; DIFFRACTION ANGLE; DIFFRACTION SIMULATION; DISCLINATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GRAPHITE LAYERS; HIGH DENSITY; LATTICE POINTS; LATTICE STRAIN; MULTI-LAYERED; OVERLAP ANGLE; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; PLAUSIBLE MODEL; PRINCIPAL AXES; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; GRAPHENE; MORPHOLOGY; STABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84863716117     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. N.M. Rodriguez A review of catalytically grown carbon nanofibers J Mater Res 8 12 1993 3233 3250
2. K.P. De Jong, and J.W. Geus Carbon nanofibers: catalytic synthesis and applications Catal Rev Sci Eng 42 4 2000 481 510
3. H. Terrones, T. Hayashi, M. Munoz-Navia, M. Terrones, Y.A. Kim, and N. Grobert Graphitic cones in palladium catalysed carbon nanofibres Chem Phys Lett 343 3-4 2001 241 250
4. A. Chambers, C. Park, R.T.K. Baker, and N.M. Rodriguez Hydrogen storage in graphite nanofibers J Phys Chem B 102 22 1998 4253 4256
5. A.D. Lueking, R.T. Yang, N.M. Rodriguez, and R.T.K. Baker Hydrogen storage in graphite nanofibers: effect of synthesis catalyst and pretreatment conditions Langmuir 20 3 2004 714 721
6. Z.J. Sui, T.J. Zhao, J.H. Zhou, P. Li, and Y.C. Dai Microstructure of carbon nanofibers and their catalytic performance for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane Chin J Catal 26 6 2005 521 526
7. D.S. Su, N. Maksimova, J.J. Delgado, N. Keller, G. Mestl, and M.J. Ledoux Nanocarbons in selective oxidative dehydrogenation reaction Catal Today 102 2005 110 114
8. T.J. Zhao, W.Z. Sun, X.Y. Gu, M. Ronning, D. Chen, and Y.C. Dai Rational design of the carbon nanofiber catalysts for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene Appl Catal A 323 2007 135 146
9. J.S. Zheng, X.S. Zhang, P. Li, X.G. Zhou, and W.K. Yuan Microstructure effect of carbon nanofiber on electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction Catal Today 131 1-4 2008 270 277
10. J. Zhang, X. Liu, R. Blume, A.H. Zhang, R. Schlogl, and D.S. Su Surface-modified carbon nanotubes catalyze oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butane Science 322 5898 2008 73 77
11. N.M. Rodriguez, M.S. Kim, and R.T.K. Baker Carbon nanofibers - a unique catalyst support medium J Phys Chem 98 50 1994 13108 13111
12. R. Gao, C.D. Tan, and R.T.K. Baker Ethylene hydroformylation on graphite nanofiber supported rhodium catalysts Catal Today 65 1 2001 19 29
13. G.L. Bezemer, J.H. Bitter, H.P.C.E. Kuipers, H. Oosterbeek, J.E. Holewijn, and X.D. Xu Cobalt particle size effects in the fischer-tropsch reaction studied with carbon nanofiber supported catalysts J Am Chem Soc 128 12 2006 3956 3964
14. C.A. Bessel, K. Laubernds, N.M. Rodriguez, and R.T.K. Baker Graphite nanofibers as an electrode for fuel cell applications J Phys Chem B 105 6 2001 1115 1118
15. K. Lozano, and E.V. Barrera Nanofiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites. I. Thermoanalytical and mechanical analyses J Appl Polym Sci 79 1 2001 125 133
16. G.G. Tibbetts, M.L. Lake, K.L. Strong, and B.P. Rice A review of the fabrication and properties of vapor-grown carbon nanofiber/polymer composites Compos Sci Technol 67 7-8 2007 1709 1718
17. M.H. Al-Saleh, and U. Sundararaj A review of vapor grown carbon nanofiber/polymer conductive composites Carbon 47 1 2009 2 22
18. N.M. Rodriguez, A. Chambers, and R.T.K. Baker Catalytic engineering of carbon nanostructures Langmuir 11 10 1995 3862 3866
19. K.J. Kong, Y.M. Choi, B.H. Ryu, J.O. Lee, and H.J. Chang Investigation of metal/carbon-related materials for fuel cell applications by electronic structure calculations Mater Sci Eng C 26 5-7 2006 1207 1210
20. T. Kim, S. Lim, K. Kwon, S.H. Hong, W.M. Qiao, and C.K. Rhee Electrochemical capacitances of well-defined carbon surfaces Langmuir 22 22 2006 9086 9088
21. E.C. Landis, and R.J. Hamers Covalent grafting of ferrocene to vertically aligned carbon nanofibers: electron-transfer processes at nanostructured electrodes J Phys Chem C 112 43 2008 16910 16918
22. N.A. Kiselev, J. Sloan, D.N. Zakharov, E.F. Kukovitskii, J.L. Hutchison, and J. Hammer Carbon nanotubes from polyethylene precursors: structure and structural changes caused by thermal and chemical treatment revealed by hrem Carbon 36 7-8 1998 1149 1157
23. M. Endo, Y.A. Kim, T. Hayashi, Y. Fukai, K. Oshida, and M. Terrones Structural characterization of cup-stacked-type nanofibers with an entirely hollow core Appl Phys Lett 80 7 2002 1267 1269
24. M. Endo, Y.A. Kim, T. Hayashi, T. Yanagisawa, H. Muramatsu, and M. Ezaka Microstructural changes induced in "stacked cup" carbon nanofibers by heat treatment Carbon 41 10 2003 1941 1947
25. Y.A. Zhu, Z.J. Sui, T.J. Zhao, Y.C. Dai, Z.M. Cheng, and W.K. Yuan Modeling of fishbone-type carbon nanofibers: a theoretical study Carbon 43 8 2005 1694 1699
26. B. Ekşioglu, and A. Nadarajah Structural analysis of conical carbon nanofibers Carbon 44 2 2006 360 373
27. J. Vera-Agullo, H. Varela-Rizo, J.A. Conesa, C. Almansa, C. Merino, and I. Martin-Gullon Evidence for growth mechanism and helix-spiral cone structure of stacked-cup carbon nanofibers Carbon 45 14 2007 2751 2758
28. Y.A. Kim, T. Hayashi, S. Naokawa, T. Yanaisawa, and M. Endo Comparative study of herringbone and stacked-cup carbon nanofibers Carbon 43 14 2005 3005 3008
29. S.H. Yoon, S. Lim, S.H. Hong, W.M. Qiao, D.D. Whitehurst, and I. Mochida A conceptual model for the structure of catalytically grown carbon nano-fibers Carbon 43 9 2005 1828 1838
30. S. Lim, S.H. Yoon, I. Mochida, and J.H. Chi Surface modification of carbon nanofiber with high degree of graphitization J Phys Chem B 108 5 2004 1533 1536
31. A. Krishnan, E. Dujardin, M.M.J. Treacy, J. Hugdahl, S. Lynum, and T.W. Ebbesen Graphitic cones and the nucleation of curved carbon surfaces Nature 388 6641 1997 451 454
32. T. Ozkan, M. Naraghi, and I. Chasiotis Mechanical properties of vapor grown carbon nanofibers Carbon 48 1 2010 239 244
33. J.G. Lawrence, L.M. Berhan, and A. Nadarajah Elastic properties and morphology of individual carbon nanofibers Acs Nano 2 6 2008 1230 1236
34. D.D. Double, and A. Hellawell Defects in eutectic flake graphite Acta Metall 19 12 1971 1303 1306
35. D.D. Double, and A. Hellawell Cone-helix growth forms of graphite Acta Metall 22 4 1974 481 487
36. S. Amelinckx, W. Luyten, T. Krekels, G. Van Tendeloo, and J. Van Landuyt Conical, helically wound, graphite whiskers: a limiting member of the "fullerenes"? J Cryst Growth 121 4 1992 543 558
37. L. Bourgeois, Y. Bando, S. Shinozaki, K. Kurashima, and T. Sato Boron nitride cones: structure determination by transmission electron microscopy Acta Crystallogr 55 1 1999 168 177
38. L. Bourgeois, Y. Bando, K. Kurashima, and T. Sato Co-produced carbon and boron nitride helical cones and the nucleation of curved bn sheets Philos Mag A 80 1 2000 129 142
39. A.K. Rappe, C.J. Casewit, K.S. Colwell, W.A. Goddard, and W.M. Skiff Uff, a full periodic table force field for molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations J Am Chem Soc 114 25 1992 10024 10035
40. C.F. Macrae, I.J. Bruno, J.A. Chisholm, P.R. Edgington, P. McCabe, and E. Pidcock Mercury csd 2.0 - new features for the visualization and investigation of crystal structures J Appl Crystallogr 41 2008 466 470
41. N. Kishore, S. Sachan, K.N. Rai, and A. Kumar Synthesis and characterization of a nanofiltration carbon membrane derived from phenol-formaldehyde resin Carbon 41 15 2003 2961 2972
42. Y. Gogotsi, S. Dimovski, and J.A. Libera Conical crystals of graphite Carbon 40 12 2002 2263 2267
43. J.A. Jaszczak, G.W. Robinson, S. Dimovski, and Y. Gogotsi Naturally occurring graphite cones Carbon 41 11 2003 2085 2092
44. N. Muradov, and A. Schwitter Formation of conical carbon structures on vapor-grown carbon filaments Nano Lett 2 6 2002 673 676
45. M. Endo, Y.A. Kim, M. Ezaka, K. Osada, T. Yanagisawa, and T. Hayashi Selective and efficient impregnation of metal nanoparticles on cup-stacked-type carbon nanofibers Nano Lett 3 6 2003 723 726
46. J.H. Zhou, Z.J. Sui, P. Li, D. Chen, Y.C. Dal, and W.K. Yuan Structural characterization of carbon nanofibers formed from different carbon-containing gases Carbon 44 15 2006 3255 3262
47. Z.Q. Li, C.J. Lu, Z.P. Xia, Y. Zhou, and Z. Luo X-ray diffraction patterns of graphite and turbostratic carbon Carbon 45 8 2007 1686 1695
48. L.J. Ci, H.W. Zhu, B.Q. Wei, C.L. Xu, J. Liang, and D.H. Wu Graphitization behavior of carbon nanofibers prepared by the floating catalyst method Mater Lett 43 5-6 2000 291 294
49. M. Weisenberger, I. Martin-Gullon, J. Vera-Agullo, H. Varela-Rizo, C. Merino, and R. Andrews The effect of graphitization temperature on the structure of helical-ribbon carbon nanofibers Carbon 47 9 2009 2211 2218